[Rarebooks] FS: Nicely bound 1821 Physiognomy parody

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Stevens, Geo[rge]. Alex[ander].  "A Lecture on Heads...with additions by
Mr. Pilon, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewis, to which is added an
Essay on Satire. With forty-seven heads by Nesbit, from designs by
Thurston"

London; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown: 1821. A New Edition.

Stevens' satiric lecture on heads, fashion, and the whims and foibles of
those who have heads was first performed in 1764, and met with much
popular acclaim. The lecture owes much to Stevens' observant wit, and its
popularity into the 19th century to the craze for physiognomy, which it
parodies. Stevens [1710-1784] was a poet and playwright, but nothing he
did ever equaled the popularity of this lecture. He also achieved some
minor note as (apparently) the person who coined the term "merry-go-round"
for carousels, in a 1729 poem.

Hardcover. 4"x6.5", 110 [ii] pages, b/w frontispiece and line
illustrations in the text; elegantly bound in dark brown quarter leather
with raised bands and gilt medallions; marbled boards & endpapers; slight
wear, text a bit browned and with a little soil, but a nice copy. Binding
signed with an embossed "JB".  [30819]  $250.00

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